CN100421898C - Method for disintegrating hydrate polymer and method for production of water-absorbent resin - Google Patents

Method for disintegrating hydrate polymer and method for production of water-absorbent resin Download PDF

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CN100421898C
CN100421898C CNB2004100451750A CN200410045175A CN100421898C CN 100421898 C CN100421898 C CN 100421898C CN B2004100451750 A CNB2004100451750 A CN B2004100451750A CN 200410045175 A CN200410045175 A CN 200410045175A CN 100421898 C CN100421898 C CN 100421898C
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Abstract

A method for disintegrating a hydrate polymer characterized by disintegrating a hydrate polymer having a solid content in the range of 50-70 wt. % with a screw extruder while supplying 0.1-30 parts by weight of water per 100 parts by weight of the polymer to the extruder. Since the product of disintegration is prevented from inducing mutual adhesion, it does not form masses of conglomeration when it is dried.

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The breaking method of hydrated polymer and the preparation method of water-absorbing resins
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of breaking method of hydrated polymer, and with the water-absorbing resins preparation method of broken step as its preparation process part.More specifically, the present invention relates to a kind of breaking method of hydrated polymer, wherein when with screw extruder fragmentation hydrated polymer, in this device, add entry and carry out fragmentation, prevent that this device from producing the kneading action during fragmentation, and breakdown products is arranged with uniform thickness in drier; With the water-absorbing resins preparation method of the broken step of a kind of usefulness as its preparation process part.
Background technology
Water-soluble resin has the performance that absorbs big water gaging, has been used as the hygienic articles of formation such as disposable diaper, sanitary napkin and Briefs for incontinence patients, water-loss reducer of soil, and the material of food drippage baffle.Especially for such as the application in the hygienic articles of disposable diaper, thirst for very much developing a kind of water-absorbing resins of absorbability at high proportion that under high pressure has, to reduce the thickness of product.
This water-absorbing resins comprises by polymerization in the presence of crosslinking agent and then resulting polymers is broken into the monomer solution of acrylic acid or PAA etc. suitable dimension and prepares.
Because hydrated polymer contains water, the dry and size pulverizing according to target after drying is handled with hydrated polymer usually.And before drying is handled, the hydrated polymer fragmentation need be had big surface area to guarantee polymer, thereby improve drying efficiency.As broken water content is the method for the hydrated gel shaped polymer of 50-80% (weight), method at continuous crushing when broken position adds appropriate addn, for example comprise with boiling point being that 200-400 ℃ antitack agent adds method (JP-B-1991-73576) in the extrusion device with gel, comprise the method (JP-A-1998-87842) that will be provided to such as the antitack agent of silicone oil on the blade contact surface, and comprise the hydrophilic organic solvent such as alcohol is provided near the method the rotating blade (JP-A-1999-35691) as lubricant.Existing method comprises by the orifice plate of aperture 3-20 millimeter extrudes the hydrated polymer that thickness is the 1-20 millimeter, with due regard to such as the wall surface of extrusion device and the factor of the friction between the hydrated gel shaped polymer, and will have small amounts of water soluble composition and the method (JP-A-1994-41319) that contains the gained gel fragmentation of small portion of residual monomer, and hydrated polymer is heated to 45-90 ℃ temperature, and extrude the method (JP3145461) that hot water closes polymer by the orifice plate of aperture 6.5-18 millimeter.In addition, as the measure that improves device performance, existing being included in keeps this polymer method (JP-A-199-188727) of broken hydrated polymer during kneading between with the opposed spiral rotor segment of different rate of feeding rotations, extrude near the broken hydrated polymer of the device that has the anti-return member of outlet with comprising utilizing to be arranged on, with the method (JP-A-2000-63527) that prevents that gel from refluxing.They relate to and prevent that broken hydrated polymer from sticking on the device or because the self-adhesive that moisture content is the hydrated polymer of 50-80% (weight) shows viscosity forms the technology of caking, also relate to the hydrated gel shaped polymer that prevents with meat grinder or kneader fragmentation and cause the technology of mediating action.When the hydrated polymer during being in fragmentation is compressed by kneading, obtains the hydrated gel shaped polymer and be subjected to so big external mechanical force influence and can cause the crosslinked polymer chain fracture or the amount of water soluble ingredient to increase.This broken product may produce the self-adhesive effect, and forms caking in dry run, and must accompany the reduction of having plenty of drying efficiency.
Simultaneously, moisture content is 30-50% (weight), the hydrated polymer of solid constituent that promptly contains 50-70% (weight) concentration is because its performance and so be difficult to processing, all is futile to such an extent as to it is crushed to a certain degree can make any trial with the degree of its unmodified form convection drying on commercial size.The example 1 of JP-B-1991-73576 can broken solids content be the gel of 33% (weight) only, the example 1 of JP-A-1998-87842 only can broken 25% (weight) the gel of solids content, the example 1 of JP-A-1999-35691 only can broken 30% (weight) the gel of solids content, the example 1 of JP-A-1994-41319 only can broken 38% (weight) the gel of solids content, the example 1 of Japan Patent 3145461 only can broken 38% (weight) the gel of solids content, JP-A-1999-188727 success the is broken hydrated polymer of water content 39% (weight), but use expensive device, and JP-A-2000-63527 employing solid constituent is the gel of 35% (weight).By the way, when solids content surpassed 82% (weight), similar with the polymer phase of drying, available conventional impingement pulverizer was with the hydrated polymer fragmentation.
When the monomer component as the water-absorbing resins material compound carries out aqueous solution polymerization reaction, and when resulting polymers sloughed with which water, this dehydration needed time and heat, thereby has improved the unit cost of production of product.Therefore is attempting developing always and a kind ofly preparing highly filled hydrated polymer, and this hydrated polymer is being ground into the technology of final goods.For example, develop a kind of and conventional hydrated polymer and compared the breaking method of hydrated polymer of 55-82% (weight) highly filled (moisture content 18-45% (weight)), and the method (JP-A-2002-212204) of carrying out desired fragmentation with the vertical crushing plant that has screen cloth.It is that the solids content of the hydrated polymer of 55-82% (weight) improves and to be no less than 2 percentage points with solids content that this method comprises with said apparatus, and/or inner by gas at breaker, and dry air preferably is with broken this hydrated polymer.The steam that produces in this device condenses in this device easily, and induces this hydrated polymer to adhere to and blocking device inside, can suppress these negative effects of steam but ventilate.It is the situation of the hydrated polymer of 50-70% (weight) that above-mentioned patent disclosure is not all reported with the broken solids content of screw extruder.
In crushing mechanism, screw extruder is a kind of cheapness and compact machinery.It is easy to be used for the hydrated polymer that broken solids content is 50-70% (weight).When this device only was used for broken hydrated polymer, breakdown products was bonded on the screw rod of motion easily.In case bond between the breakdown products, just be not easy to be dispersed into uniform thickness, and will cause the drying efficiency in drying steps subsequently to reduce.In addition, during the particle that obtains when drying formation piece adhered to one another, these pieces just need to adopt pulverising step, and they may produce micro mist in crushing process.The generation of this micro mist can cause product quality to reduce, and increases the product loss.
When mediating during fragmentation and compressing this hydrated polymer hydrated polymer is broken, hydrated polymer has stood powerful mechanical force, and the result causes the fracture of cross-linked polymer chain, and the amount of water soluble ingredient is increased.Especially obtain by polywater dissolubility ethylenically unsaturated monomer in the presence of crosslinking agent when hydrated polymer, thus when containing bubble therein, the performance of gained water-absorbing resins with regard to possible owing to the bubble that wherein comprises is mediated action breaks and reduced.
According to type of service and from the angle of use feeling, this water-absorbing resins requires to keep the water absorbing capacity of regulation, and keeps the content of residual monomer and water soluble ingredient to be lower than the level of regulation.Known breaking method can change the performance of water-absorbing resins.Thirst for a kind of breaking method that can prepare high-quality hydration polymer of exploitation.
Therefore the present invention aims to provide the breaking method that solids content is the hydrated polymer of 50-70% (weight), when carrying out fragmentation with screw extruder, this method only causes that a small amount of kneading action produces, and only make the mutual adhesion of a small amount of breakdown products, this product can be disperseed with uniform thickness in drier.
Summary of the invention
The inventor is carrying out careful research and final the discovery aspect the hydrated polymer that is 50-70% (weight) with the broken solids content of screw extruder, when carrying out fragmentation with the water that adds, can prevent effectively that hydrated polymer from producing the kneading action, simultaneously effectively prevent the mutual adhesion of the product of discharging, broken product gel can be in drying steps subsequently be dispersed in the drier with equal even fixing thickness.The present invention has obtained perfect results.
According to the present invention, owing to avoided the mutual adhesion of breakdown products, this product can during drying disperse equably, and can suppress to form caking, and the result just can avoid producing micro mist owing to the pulverizing of block.In addition, owing to can avoid produce mediating action, so the formation of water soluble ingredient just seldom, and the physics that suffers on the gained water-absorbing resins and chemical damage are also seldom, can obtain high-quality water-absorbing resins thus.This method can improve output and reduce owing to the loss that causes such as abandon, and proves very useful.
When being the hydrated polymer of 50-70% (weight), by in this polymer of 100 parts of weight, only adding the water of 0.1-30 part weight, can avoiding breakdown products to produce and mediate action and produce mutual adhesion according to the present invention with the broken moisture content of screw extruder.
Owing to avoided mutual adhesion, so breakdown products can be evenly dispersed.When it carries out drying, can avoid producing the block that may cause by the mutual adhesion of breakdown products.
Owing to breakdown products can be avoided generation kneading action, therefore can reduce formation owing to the hydrated polymer soluble component that the generation fracture causes under the physics load of moving such as kneading.Particularly, the use of steam has brought this beyond thought effect of remarkable minimizing residual monomer.
The present invention also provides a kind of method with the hydrated polymer of the broken solids content of screw extruder in 30-70 weight % scope, wherein broken described polymer when the described hydrated polymer of per 100 parts of weight in extruder is supplied the steam that is higher than normal pressure of 0.1-20 part weight.
The present invention also provides the method for the above-mentioned broken hydrated polymer of a kind of usefulness to prepare the method for water-absorbing resins.
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Fig. 1 is the schematic cross-section that an example of the screw extruder that can preferably adopt in the breaking method of the present invention's trial is described.
Fig. 2 is the schematic cross-section that explanation is dispersed in breakdown products with the cross-feed device example of the pattern in the pallet on the conveyer belt.
Fig. 3 be explanation cross-feed device with the pallet that passes through on the belt drying conveyer belt of drier between the schematic cross-section of relation.
Fig. 4 is the preparation method's of explanation hydrated polymer the schematic flow sheet of an example.
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First aspect of the present invention is that with the broken solids content of screw extruder be the method for the hydrated polymer of 50-70% (weight), wherein broken described polymer in the water that adds 0.1-30 part weight in the described hydrated polymer of per 100 parts of weight.
In order to simplify drying steps, attempted using obtaining highly filled hydrated polymer and it being reduced to the technology of commercial product.From the use angle of water-absorbing resins, require this water-absorbing resins to have a spot of residual monomer and water soluble ingredient, and show the water absorbing capacity in the prescribed limit.Because the exploitation solids content is the cause of the hydrated polymer of 50-70% (weight), the present invention is intended to propose a kind of with broken this hydrated polymer of simple mechanism, and obtains the method for high-quality water-absorbing resins subsequently.Term used herein " broken (noun) " or " broken (verb) " refer to by apply shearing force on hydrated polymer, thereby the size of hydrated polymer is reduced to particle scale, and its surface area is increased, the drying of this polymer is become be easy to a kind of operation.
Being used for breaker of the present invention is screw extruder, and it is implemented in rotary screw in the fixing cylinder, thereby with the function of axis direction convey materials.The present invention only requires screw extruder to comprise to be provided with to be crushed to the rotating blade of optimum size and the screw rod that hydrated polymer is transported to porous plate in casing as the charging aperture of the hydrated polymer of broken target and breakdown products with the casing of extrusion, porous plate with hydrated polymer.The quantity of screw rod can be one, two or four, as long as satisfy the demand most.Under the situation of the extruder with two axles, the direction of rotation of these two axles can be identical or different.Instantiation as screw extruder, can quote so-called meat block slicing machine (making) and " Chemical Engineering handbook by Hiraga Seisakusho K.K., the screw extruder of introducing among the 6th edition (edit, by Maruzen publish) ξ 5.3.12 by the chemical Engineering society of Japan.These devices had been used for the fragmentation that solids content is the gelatinous polymer of 30-50% (weight) in the past.Take place to mediate action and cause that the adhered to one another of breakdown products, these matching requirements add such as the antiplastering agent of silicone oil with such as the antitack agent of surfactant in the hydrated gel shaped polymer in order to prevent fragmentation procedure.Surfactant has reduced surface tension and has therefore reduced absorbent properties, and silicone oil has influenced water absorbing properties because of its lipophile, and therefore causes having reduced the water-absorbing resins quality.According to the present invention by with traditional simple mechanism and water as additive, can carry out fragmentation effectively, mediate action to prevent that fragmentation procedure from producing, and prevent that breakdown products from producing mutual adhesion, thereby the water-absorbing resins that preparation has excellent safety, make when water-absorbing resins is used as disposable diaper and sanitary napkin the negative effect that can not bring additive.Promptly the invention is characterized in screw extruder hydrated polymer is carried out fragmentation, in hydrated polymer, adding entry during the fragmentation simultaneously.By the way, the used term of specification of the present invention " water " comprises the water of form of ownership, i.e. solid water, aqueous water and vaporous water.
The supply of water does not need because for example supply method and time and special the differentiation.Be only required in hydrated polymer when dropping into screw extruder and between it is during by porous plate with the water adding apparatus in.The hydrated polymer that has added water in advance can be dropped in the screw extruder and fragmentation therein, as a preferred embodiment of " carrying out fragmentation when supplying with water ".An example implementing optimal way of the present invention is described below with reference to Fig. 1.
Screw extruder 100 shown in Fig. 1 has in the cylindrical drum of being installed in 11, and along tube 11 axial arranged single shaft screw rods 13.This screw rod drives rotation by motor 21.The hydrated polymer of introducing by material inlet 14 enters tube 11 by funnel 15, and moves to extrusion 16 by the rotation of screw rod 13.Porous plate 17 is set at screw rod 13 terminal parts.Hydrated polymer is released and the fragmentation by porous plate 17 by rotating vane 18.Broken hydrated polymer passes extrusion 16 and is pulled to the breaker outside.Porous plate 17 is removably fixing with ring 19.
Water can add by charging aperture 14 with hydrated polymer.Also can be by adding separately with the charging aperture 14 that is used for hydrated polymer charging aperture arranged apart.When hydrated polymer is when having the band shape of wide in range width and continuous length or sheet, preferably by being arranged in and funnel 15 divided portion, for example the water supply nozzle in the space between charging aperture 14 and porous plate 17 30 supplies water.When the hydrated polymer with this wide in range width and continuous length and water add fashionablely by funnel 15, water will can evenly not be added in the polymer, be difficult to obtain the homogeneous mixture of hydrated polymer and water.When water supply nozzle 30 was set between charging aperture 14 and the porous plate 17, hydrated polymer and water can evenly mix, because water is to be added to rotating vane by screw rod 13 to be crushed on to a certain degree the hydrated polymer.Especially when hydrated polymer passes porous plate 17 or be rotated blade 18 cut-outs, the kneading action of hydrated polymer and the mutual adhesion of breakdown products take place easily.Before handling, add entry, can solve such as the problem that produces the mutual adhesion of mediating action and breakdown products at these.The mechanism of this effect that is caused by the adding of water still imperfectly understands.Yet this effect can be explained by a kind of reasoning of supposition, promptly the water of Jia Ruing can be distributed to the whole surface of hydrated polymer by the stirring of screw rod, and be retained on the hydrated polymer surface, make after fragmentation attached to cutting off the surface and disperseing subsequently, to prevent the mutual adhesion of crusher surface.Therefore the adding of water can preferably utilize to be included in and add before the hydrated polymer method of water being introduced in the breaker; Comprise when hydrated polymer imported breaker, by one with identical part, for example by the charging aperture of hydrated polymer, introduce the method for hydrated polymer and water; And comprise when hydrated polymer imported breaker that the charging aperture that separates by the charging aperture with hydrated polymer is introduced the method for water.
The present invention allows to use three kinds of forms, any water of promptly solid-state, liquid state and gaseous state.From the easy to handle angle, water is preferably liquid state and/or gaseous state.When water when being liquid, although the water temperature during charging is not specifically distinguished, suitable is 10-220 ℃, preferred 40-120 ℃, and more preferably 70-110 ℃, most preferably 80-100 ℃.
When water when being liquid, the suitable supply of water is to add 0.1-30 part weight, preferred 0.5-20 part weight, the water of especially preferred 1-10 part weight in the hydrated polymer of per 100 parts of weight.If consumption drops to 0.1 part below the weight, the effect that adds water can not be showed fully satisfactorily, and make fragmentation procedure produce the kneading action.On the contrary, if consumption surpasses 30 parts of weight, needing to cause the water in the dry breakdown products of heat, and need very long drying time, the economy of finally having to sacrifice.In water, no matter be in vaporous water or the aqueous water, all allow to mix additive such as initiators for polymerization, can with pharmaceutical preparation, alkali or the acid of residual monomer reaction, condition is this performance that can not destroy water-absorbing resins of mixing.
When the supply vaporous water, the water temperature during feed is preferably 100-220 ℃, and more preferably 100-160 ℃, especially preferred 100-130 ℃.The preparation method of vaporous water does not need to limit.For example can adopt to comprise that heating boiler produces steam and utilizes the method for this steam, and comprise and use ultrasonic vibration water, thereby induce the generation vaporous water and utilize the method for this vaporous water from water surface.When supplying water with gaseous state, the present invention preferably replaces atmospheric steam with steam under pressure.From this point, the steam that preferably adopts boiler to produce.
The pressure that is used to supply steam is preferably 5-600kPa, more preferably 10-300kPa.Reason with this scope is, pressure is lower than 5kPa may hinder distribution of steam in the whole inner chamber of screw extruder, and pressure is higher than 600kPa steam is leaked from the charging aperture and the extrusion of screw extruder, thus loss steam.Owing to provide the cause of this high steam, as long as steam supply pipe directly is connected with the water supply nozzle of screw extruder.Preferably this water supply nozzle is set at not too the position near the hydrated polymer extrusion, or not too near the position of hydrated polymer charging aperture, promptly at the mid portion of machine barrel.Allow to provide a plurality of water supply nozzles.
When the vaporous water, suitable output is 0.1-20 part weight to be arranged, preferred 0.2-10 part weight, the water of preferred 0.5-5 part weight in the hydrated polymer of per 100 parts of weight.If this consumption drops to 0.1 part below the weight, the effect that adds water can not be showed fully satisfactorily, and make fragmentation procedure produce the kneading action.On the contrary, if consumption surpasses 20 parts of weight, needing to cause the water in the dry breakdown products of heat, and need very long drying time, the economy of finally having to sacrifice.When not with liquid and during with gaseous state supply water, because it is littler to be converted to the addition of weight under the gaseous state, this supply has the advantage that reduces drying load in subsequent step.Although it is unclear that this advantage former carried on as before, this advantage can be by hypothesis from explaining in logic, i.e. hydrated polymer coated with uniform steam, and the condensation heat of steam raises material temperature.
The present invention as a kind of method of supplying water, preferably supplies steam under high pressure rather than normal pressure.It is favourable under high pressure supplying steam, because except preventing to mediate action and adhesion and reducing the amount of water soluble ingredient mutually, reduce the large percentage of residual monomer amount, as described in the embodiment that hereinafter mentions.Although it is unclear that this advantage former carried on as before, this advantage can be by hypothesis from explaining in logic, and promptly material temperature raises, and this temperature raises and encouraged the process of residual polymerizable monomer reaction in the hydrated polymer.
The temperature of hydrated polymer that enters screw extruder is preferably at 40-120 ℃, more preferably at 50-100 ℃, especially preferably in 60-90 ℃ of scope.If temperature is lower than 40 ℃, will cause the output of needs to increase.On the contrary, if temperature surpasses 120 ℃, handle the shortcoming that hydrated polymer becomes difficult under the normal pressure with bringing to make.When the temperature of hydrated polymer is higher than going up in limited time of above-mentioned scope, fragmentation procedure preferably begins after hydrated polymer is emitted excessive heat.On the contrary, the temperature of the hydrated polymer before importing breaker is lower than 40 ℃ or when having dropped to below 40 ℃, fragmentation procedure preferably begins after the temperature of hydrated polymer has raise.The temperature-rising method of above-mentioned hydrated polymer does not need concrete qualification.For example, hydrated polymer can be heated to high temperature by adopting suitable heater.
Can suitably select the thickness of porous plate 17, the aperture of porous plate and the quantity in hole, the hydrated polymer treating capacity of breaker unit interval, and the performance of hydrated polymer.
Disclosed anti-adverse current member 20 can be installed near the extrusion 16 that is used for screw extruder of the present invention such as JP-A-2000-63527, or on screw rod 13, sawtooth projection 22 be installed.The material of the various rotating blades under the material of these elements and member and size, anti-adverse current member 20 and the above-mentioned screw rod, and all structures that relate to screw extruder can select according to disclosed method among the above-mentioned JP-A-2000-63527, and carry out necessary improvement.For example anti-adverse current member 20 does not need concrete qualification, only requires its structure can control near the anti-stream of the hydrated polymer extrusion 16 at least.For example projection spiral or coaxial combination be can on machine barrel 11 inwalls, form, or sawtooth projection or granular, sphere or angular protrusions arranged being parallel on screw rod 13 directions of advance.When near the pressure the extrusion 16 raise owing to broken process, hydrated polymer refluxed on the direction of charging aperture 14 easily.When the projection that above-mentioned different shape is installed, play the time spent of doing of anti-adverse current member 20, they can segment hydrated polymer, reflux to avoid hydrated polymer.
Particle diameter after the hydrated polymer fragmentation, promptly the particle diameter of breakdown products only requires to reach the degree that makes this product energy finish-drying in follow-up drying steps arrive core.Suitable particle diameter is at the 0.1-20 millimeter, and preferred 0.5-10 millimeter is in the scope of especially preferred 1-5 millimeter.If the particle diameter of breakdown products less than 0.1 millimeter, will bring the shortcoming that during drying causes the slagging scorification phenomenon, drying efficiency is reduced, and destroy the bubble in the polymer.On the contrary, if the particle diameter of broken back hydrated polymer surpasses 20 millimeters, will make the breakdown products finish-drying become difficult to core.
Second aspect of the present invention aims to provide a kind of method with the broken hydrated polymer of screw extruder, wherein, provides in the steam of 0.1-20 part weight of high pressure rather than normal pressure broken polymer at the polymer of per 100 parts of weight in extruder.
With the broken hydrated polymer of screw extruder is known.This broken require to add various antiplastering agents or antitack agent are with the negative phenomena that prevents to mediate action and bring out mutual adhesion such as producing.Point out as first aspect present invention, mediate action and adhesion can be by being to add entry in the screw extruder of hydrated polymer of 50-70% (weight) to keep away to broken solids content mutually.This fact shows, when using the hydrated polymer of the broken conventional solids content of similar approach, by the steam that is higher than normal pressure is provided, replaces adding antiplastering agent or antitack agent, can prevent to mediate and move and adhesion mutually.Certainly, allow to use the water of liquid form or together with the hot water that is higher than atmospheric steam.The amount of the solids content of the hydrated polymer of the present invention's imagination can be applicable to use before this on any hydrated polymer of screw extruder fragmentation.Solids content is preferably in 30-70% (weight), more preferably in the scope of 40-60% (weight).Even when solids content is low to moderate preferred 30-50% (weight), in the time of in preferred 40-50% (weight) scope, also can use second aspect of the present invention valuably, wherein the temperature of hydrated polymer is low to moderate below 50 ℃, or the nozzle diameter of porous plate reduces, so that more fine broken hydrated polymer.
When with the broken hydrated polymer of said method, and when carrying out drying steps and granulation and classification step subsequently, the water-absorbing resins of final preparation has excellent non-loaded water absorbing capacity, water soluble ingredient content and residual monomer content.Therefore third aspect present invention is to provide a kind of method for preparing water-absorbing resins by the process that comprises above-mentioned broken step.
Now, below will describe in detail according to fragmentation of the present invention and the method for preparing water-absorbing resins.
The process of the step of the present invention by comprising broken hydrated polymer prepares the method for water-absorbing resins and is preferably undertaken by following steps.
(1) preparation of monomer solution
Expect that as the present invention the hydrated polymer of broken target is the hydrated polymer that has carboxyl, it is by for example having the polymerisation acquisition as the hydrophilic unsaturated monomer of principal component of acrylic acid and/or its salt.As the instantiation of the hydrated polymer that meets this description, can mention formation can with the water-soluble known before this polymer that expands and can not be dissolved in the hydrophilic cross-linked polymer in the water.
Hydrophilic cross-linked polymer preferably has its 30mol%-100mol%, and that suitable is 50mol%-90mol%, especially 60mol%-80mol% and acidic-group such as alkali metal salt, ammonium salt or amine salt neutralization.Therefore should think that statement " hydrated polymer that has carboxyl " comprises " hydrated polymer that has carboxyl and/or its salt ".The neutralization of acidic groups can be by before hydrated polymer forms, the hydrophilic unsaturated monomer of neutralization during its preparation, and the beginning polymerisation realizes on the monomer of neutralization then; By during polymerisation or polymerisation finish after in and the acidic groups of cross-linked polymer realize.As selection, these two kinds of technologies can be used in combination.When needs, above-mentioned hydrophilic unsaturated monomer can contain the unsaturated monomer except that acrylic acid or its salt.As above-mentioned hydrophilic unsaturated monomer and other monomers, can adopt those that enumerate in [0040] section of JP-A-2002-212204.When also using this other monomers, the amount of this monomer preferably is lower than 30mol% in hydrophilic unsaturated monomer total amount, preferredly is lower than 10mol%.
Hydrated polymer preferably has the cross-linked structure by using internal crosslinker to introduce.Above-mentioned internal crosslinker does not need concrete qualification, only require this compound in its each molecule, have many polymerization unsaturated groups and/or can with the reactive group of carboxyl reaction.Internal crosslinker must be in its each molecule, have many can with hydrophilic unsaturated monomer copolymerization and/or with the substituent compound of carboxyl reaction.By the way, hydrophilic unsaturated monomer can be formed by the self-cross linking type compound that can form cross-linked structure, and need not to use internal crosslinker.
As the instantiation of internal crosslinker, can quote the internal crosslinker of enumerating in the 4th page of JP-A-1998-182750.These internal crosslinkers both can use separately, and the form of mixture that also can two or more components is used.In all above-mentioned internal crosslinkers,, make the absorbent properties that further improve prepared water-absorbing resins become possibility by using the internal crosslinker that in its each molecule, has many polymerization unsaturated groups.Can suitably select the consumption of internal crosslinker, to be fit to the solid state properties of target water-absorbing resins.When the hydrophilic unsaturated monomer of polymerization with preparation during hydrated polymer, can add in the polymerization reaction system such as starch, starch derivatives, cellulose, cellulose derivative, polyvinyl alcohol, polyacrylic acid (salt), or the hydrophilic high polymer of crosslinked polyacrylic acid (salt); Chain-transferring agent such as hypophosphorous acid; And water-soluble or water dispersible surface active agent.
(2) polymerisation
The polymerization that comprises the monomer solution of hydrophilic unsaturated monomer does not need concrete qualification.Can adopt any known method such as for example aqueous solution polymerization, inverse suspension polymerization, polymerisation in bulk and precipitation polymerization.Reaction condition such as reaction temperature and reaction time can suitably be selected, to be fit to the composition of used monomer component.Therefore in the polymerisation of hydrophilic unsaturated monomer, can adopt the known so far any initiators for polymerization in this area.For example can use or use the initiators for polymerization of enumerating in [0054] section of JP-A-2002-212204 separately with the form of the mixture of two or more components.The consumption of initiators for polymerization can suitably be selected, to be fit to for example polymeric reaction temperature.
The form of the hydrated polymer that obtains by polymerisation is according to polymerization and difference.Hydrated polymer can present such as granular, banded, tabular and claylike any multi-form.In the present invention, hydrated polymer can not taken the form that polymer presents into account and carries out fragmentation.Preferably present belt-like form.This is that this band shape raw material can be wound on the rotating vane, and carries out the fragmentation campaign effectively because when offering screw extruder.The hydrated polymer of belt-like form preferably has the 1-30 millimeter, the thickness of preferred 3-20 millimeter.If this thickness less than 1 millimeter, will reduce productivity ratio.On the contrary, if thickness surpasses 30 millimeters, just may make polymer be not easy to enter screw extruder.Even when hydrated polymer because the fluctuation of its moisture content and can not satisfy solids content requiring in 50-70% (weight) scope the time, as long as hydrated polymer can be by adding water or passing through the dry solids content that obtains above-mentioned scope, the breaking method that the present invention adopts also can broken effectively this polymer.
Solids content with 50-70% (weight) scope, and the hydrated polymer that is used as the broken target of the inventive method can pass through as JP-A-1992-175319 (Sanyo Kasei K.K.) or JP-A-1999-181005 (Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.) disclosed method obtains in, comprise and begin polymerization at low temperatures, carry out polymerization lentamente and discharge heat, and peak temperature is suppressed at is lower than about 90 ℃, thereby form high-quality water-absorbing resins.The preparation of this hydrated polymer also can by as the middle disclosed method acquisition of JP-A-1997-67404 (BASF) and US 6187828 (BASF), be included in and begin polymerization in the cylindrical aggregation container at low temperatures, and nonadiabatic carry out polymerization; Or by disclosed method acquisition among the JP-A-2002-212204, fixedly polymerization when comprising by this way evaporation water, be that the concentration of monomer component is not less than 45% (weight) in the aqueous solution, and the solid concentration of the hydrated polymer that polymerization forms and the ratio of the solid concentration in the monomer solution, be that concentration ratio is not less than 1.10, thereby the solid concentration in the preparation hydrated polymer is no more than the water-absorbing resins of 80% (weight).
By the way, solids content can be by disclosed any method preparation among above-mentioned file JP-B-1991-73576, JP-A-1998-87842, JP-A-1999-35691, JP-A-1994-41319, Japan Patent 3145461, JP-A-1999-188727 and the JP-A-2000-63527 less than the hydrated polymer of 50% (weight).
The present invention preferably adopts by continuously mixed and stir by such as acrylic acid hydrophilic unsaturated monomer, initiators for polymerization, and the monomer solution of the alkaline aqueous solution preparation of the hydrophilic unsaturated monomer that is used to neutralize; This monomer solution is supplied on the conveyer belt, and utilize the heat rapid polymerization monomer solution of neutralization and polymerisation, thereby obtain the method for the hydrated polymer of belt-like form continuously.
(3) broken hydrated polymer
Be used for breaker of the present invention and be that cost is low, compact conformation and screw extruder simple to operation.
When banded hydrated polymer was fed to screw extruder, this polymer ribbon continuous reeling was broken on rotating vane, and is transported to porous plate.When injecting water or steam by water supply nozzle this moment, aqueous dispersion prevents that on the breakdown products surface hydrated polymer is attached on the screw rod.Water is dispersed in the breakdown products surface owing to the rotation of screw rod equally, prevents the mutual adhesion of breakdown products.
By the breaking method that the present invention adopts, breakdown products is disperseed and is not brought out mutual adhesion, and extrudes with tiny fluid gel form of separating.Therefore, when setting was connected to the horizontal dispenser of drier below extrusion, breakdown products just can drop to the intermediary that is used for by this dispenser with uniform thickness and carry out dry conveyer belt.
(4) drying
The hydrated polymer that obtains with Granular forms owing to fragmentation can carry out drying.Available conventional drying device or heating furnace carry out drying.For example can utilize ventilation belt dryer, agitated dryer, rotary dryer, pan dryer, fluidized bed dryer, pneumatic conveyer dryer, infrared dryer, microwave dryer, hot-air drier, drum dryer and agitated dryer to carry out drying.In order to prevent that dry hydrated polymer is subjected to physical damnification, or because the generation micro mist is brought out in friction, the present invention preferably specifies the method for article with heated-air drying, and do not resemble in the ventilation belt dryer observed mobile article.
When the static drying that adopts the belt dryer that for example ventilates to obtain is carried out drying, preferably breakdown products is dispersed in the drier.The breaking method that the present invention adopts is evenly disperseing to have outstanding ability on the breakdown products, mediates action and brings out mutual adhesion because it has avoided breakdown products to produce.By breakdown products 110 is discharged from breaker 100, and the intermediary by horizontal feeder 200, be dispersed on the ribbon conveyer 310 that appends on the circulation dryer 300 with big dry slot 320, be easy to realize even dispersion, as shown in Figure 2.The angle of oscillation θ of horizontal feeder 200 shown in Figure 3 and the speed of conveyer belt can be selected arbitrarily, with the amount of the hydrated polymer of the average grain diameter that adapts to breakdown products for example and unit interval chopping.
Although it is baking temperature is different with drying means, under the situation of the belt dryer that for example ventilates, just enough 100-250 ℃ of temperature range inner drying 3-120 minute.
The solids content of this desciccate is generally 85-99% (weight), preferred 90-98% (weight).Solids content is with 180 ℃ of drying loss in weight calculating after 3 hours down.
(5) pulverize
The pulverizing of desciccate can be by vibromill for example, cylinder comminutor (JPP-A-1997-235378 [0174] section), hinge type pulverizer, cylinder mill (JP-A-2002-527547 [0069] section), high speed rotating disintegrator (pin mill, hammer-mill, screw rod grind and cylinder grinds) (JP-A-1994-41319 [0036] section), or pillar mixing machine (JP-A-1993-202199 [0008] section) carries out.
(6) classification
Although as above the desciccate of Huo Deing can its unmodified form as water-absorbing resins, also can classification obtain the particle-shape water-absorbing resin of given size.This moment particle diameter less than 2 millimeters, preferably 10 microns-1 millimeter.When average grain diameter changed with the use kind, it was generally at the 100-1000 micron, and preferred 150-800 micron is in the preferred 300-600 micrometer range.The particle ratio of the sieve by 150 micron pore size preferably is lower than 15% (weight), preferredly is lower than 10% (weight), especially preferredly is lower than 5% (weight).This classification can be carried out with for example shaker screen or air classifier.
As above the water-absorbing resins of Huo Deing can be any multi-form, for example spheroid, scales, amorphous shred, fibrous, particle, bar-shaped, bead and tabular.
(7) surface-crosslinked processing
The water-absorbing resins of Huo Deing can not necessarily carry out surface-crosslinked processing as mentioned above, to obtain to have the water-absorbing resins on crosslinked surface.By the processing on this crosslinked surface, the high pressure water absorption capacity of water-absorbing resins ratio, liquid handling capacity and absorption speed all are improved.For the processing on this crosslinked surface, available any known surface crosslinking agent that is used for the surface-crosslinked processing of water-absorbing resins is handled, and available any known method that is used for surface-crosslinked processing is handled.
Example
The present invention now will more specifically describe with reference to following example and comparative example.The invention is not restricted to these examples.In example, term " part " removes other regulation and all refers to " part weight ", measures temperature in 23 ± 2 ℃ approximate extents.
(measuring method)
The water absorbing capacity of water-absorbing resins is determined by following calculating.
(1) definite (GV) of non-loaded water absorbing capacity
The given water-absorbing resins of about 0.2 gram of weighing places non-woven bag (60 millimeters * 60 millimeters), and immerses in 0.9% (weight) sodium chloride solution (physiological saline).Place and from solution, take out bag after 30 minutes, use whizzer with 250 * 9.81 meter per seconds 2(250G) water dumping is 3 minutes, measures the weight W of bag 1(gram).Under the situation of not using water-absorbing resins, repeat this process, and measure the weight W of bag 0(gram).Calculate GV (non-loaded water absorbing capacity) according to following formula.
GV (gram/gram)=[(W 1/ W 0The weight of)/water-absorbing resins]-1
(2) soluble component Determination on content
0.9% (weight) sodium chloride solutions (physiological saline) of 184.3 grams are added in the plastic containers of 250 milliliters of internal volumes of band stoppers, this solution adds with the given water-absorbing resins of 1.00 grams and stirred 16 hours, extracts soluble component from resin.Filter extraction solution, restrain filtrates as measuring solution with 50.0 of last acquisition.With 0.1N NaOH solution normal saline solution is titrated to pH 10 separately in advance, is titrated to pH 2.7 with 0.1N HCl solution subsequently, obtain blank titration degree ([bNaOH] milliliter, [bHCl] milliliter).By on the solution that is used to measure, finishing this titration process, obtain the titer of target ([NaOH] milliliter, [HCl] milliliter).Under the situation of the water-absorbing resins that is for example formed by acrylic acid and its sodium salt, the content of soluble component (weight %) calculates with the weight average molecular weight Mw of monomer with by the titer that preceding method obtains according to following formula in the water-absorbing resins.The unit of neutralization ratio is mol%.
Soluble component=0.1 * Mw * 184.3 * 100 * { [HCl]-[bHCl] }/1000/1.0/50.0;
Condition be Mw=72.06 * 1-neutralization ratio/100}+94.04 * neutralization ratio/100 and;
Neutralization ratio=1-(NaOH}-{bNaOH})/(HCl}-{bHCl}) * 100
(3) mensuration of residual monomer
Add 1,000 (1000) gram deionized waters and the given water-absorbing resins of 0.5 gram together, stir extraction 2 hours.Stir the mixture with the filter paper filtration, separate the water-absorbing resins of swelling and gelling.With the last filtrate that obtains of liquid chromatography analysis, measure residual monomer content.The content of residual monomer is measured by the calibration curve that is used as external perimysium reference in the water-absorbing resins, and described calibration curve is analyzed the standard monomer solution of concentration known by mode same as described above, and considers that the thinner ratio of filtrate obtains.
(example 1)
Prepare water-absorbing resins with device shown in Figure 4.By in dispersal device 460, provide the flow of regulating with pump 413 be 48.5% (weight) sodium hydroxide solutions of 5.83 Grams Per Seconds as neutralization with alkaline solution 410, the flow of regulating with pump 423 is that the acrylic acid of 7.24 Grams Per Seconds is as hydrophilic monomer 420, flow is that 30% (weight) diacrylate macrogol ester (mean molecule quantity 487) solution of 0.0287 Grams Per Second is as first internal crosslinker 445, total flow be the water 441 of 3.32 Grams Per Seconds as concentration adjustment water 441, and flow is that 45% (weight) diethylene triamine pentacetic acid (DTPA), five sodium solutions with the 1-hydroxyl-cyclohexyl-phenyl ketone of 0.989 part of weight and 1.08 parts of weight of 0.0893 Grams Per Second are dissolved in the solution that obtains in 20% (weight) acrylic acid solution of 97.4 parts of weight and prepare monomer solution 470 as second internal crosslinker 447.Evenly stir acrylic acid, water and first and second internal crosslinkers separately before being provided to dispersal device 460 with agitator 450 this moment.The temperature stabilization of the final monomer solution 470 that obtains is at about 95 ℃.Be used as the agitator 480 stirring monomer solutions 470 that static mixer obtains, described agitator 480 passes through to insert the element of 18.6 millimeters long, 6 mm dias, and obtains around 1.5 circles in the pipe of 6 millimeters of diameters.In about 3 centimetres of positions, be that 2% (weight) sodium peroxydisulfate solution of 0.151 Grams Per Second combines formation mixed solution 473 with monomer solution that stirs and the flow that provides as initiators for polymerization 499 from the element most proximal end to the downstream.Mixed solution is provided on the belt polyplant 500, be equipped with 3.8 meters long, 60 centimetres wide on the described device 500, the surface scribbles the endless belt 491 of fluororesin, top, endless belt is equipped with the ultraviolet lamp (not shown), its basal surface and heating on every side are maintained at about 100 ℃, the suction pipe (not shown) is equipped with at its middle part, and continuous polymerization obtains banded hydrated polymer 510 on the endless belt.Is about 30 centimetres from the point of polymerisation reagent to the pipe range the outlet of polyplant.Hydrated polymer 510 is the band shape of 3-7 millimeters thick, and solids content is 58% (weight).
The hydrated polymer that surface temperature is about 50 ℃ is sent in the screw extruder shown in Figure 1 continuously and is rubbed, and injects steam continuously by water supply nozzle.Steam pressure is 50-70kPa, and the porous plate aperture is 13 millimeters.The breakdown products that flows out from extruder is the free-pouring gel particle of emitting steam, and its solids content is 56.5% (weight).Above-mentioned screw extruder has water supply nozzle by the device shown in Figure 1 of JP-A-2000-63527 to be provided.
As shown in Figure 2, dispenser 200 is arranged in as below the extruder of breaker 100, and dry slot 320 is arranged on the ribbon conveyer 310 below the dispenser 200.Therefore the breakdown products of discharging from extruder 100 just can be arranged on the dry slot 320 with uniform thickness at an easy rate.Laterally the angle of oscillation (representing with the θ among Fig. 3) of feeder is set at 25 degree.
The dry slot 320 that has disperseed breakdown products on it sent into dry breakdown products in 180 ℃ the hot-air drier.With cylinder barreling mill desciccate, obtain particle-shape water-absorbing resin (1).From particle-shape water-absorbing resin (1), isolate the particle of particle diameter in 300 microns-600 micrometer ranges with sieve.Test non-loaded water absorbing capacity, soluble component content and the residual monomer content of isolated particle.The results are shown in table 1.
(example 2)
By the method for example 1, and, obtain water-absorbing resins (2) in breaker, injecting 80 ℃ of hot water to replace steam.The breakdown products that flows out from extruder has flowability, and solids content is 55% (weight).Test non-loaded water absorbing capacity, soluble component content and residual monomer content with example 1 identical mode.
(comparative example 1)
Repeat the process of example 1, but do not inject anything from water supply nozzle.The breakdown products of discharging from screw extruder is subcontinuous length.The solids content of this breakdown products is 58% (weight).
When being arranged on the dry slot 320 in example 1 identical mode, this product presents the fine motion state.
Obtain to be used for the particle-shape water-absorbing resin (comparative example 1) of comparison then with example 1 identical mode, and test non-loaded water absorbing capacity, soluble component content and residual monomer content.
Table 1
GV (gram/gram) Soluble component (weight %) Residual monomer (ppm)
Hydrophilic resin (1) 37 12 200
Hydrophilic resin (2) 37 13 270
Hydrophilic resin (comparative example 1) 36 21 400

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1. the method with the hydrated polymer of the broken solids content of screw extruder in 50-70 weight % scope is characterized in that, broken described hydrated polymer in the water of 0.1-30 part weight is provided in the described hydrated polymer of per 100 parts of weight.
2. the temperature of the water that provides according to the process of claim 1 wherein is in 10-220 ℃ of scope.
3. according to the process of claim 1 wherein that the steam condition to be higher than normal pressure provides water.
4. according to the process of claim 1 wherein that described hydrated polymer is the hydrated polymer of water-absorbing resins.
5. the method with each described broken hydrated polymer among the claim 1-4 prepares the method for water-absorbing resins.
6. method with the hydrated polymer of the broken solids content of screw extruder in 30-70 weight % scope, wherein broken described hydrated polymer in the water vapour that is higher than normal pressure of described hydrated polymer supply 0.1-20 part weight of per 100 parts of weight in extruder.
7. according to the method for claim 6, wherein said hydrated polymer is the hydrated polymer of water-absorbing resins.
8. the method with each described broken hydrated polymer among the claim 6-7 prepares the method for water-absorbing resins.
9. method according to Claim 8, it is dry that wherein hydrated polymer carries out static state after broken step.
10. method according to Claim 8, wherein hydrated polymer carries out drying with the ventilation belt dryer after broken step.
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